Is it really that much better??
12-04-2008, 10:09 PM
#141
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Is it really that much better??
I say none of you have a clue what hunting pressure is.The 400 hundred acres I hunt has already had 30 deer taken off it this year and there was 27 taken off it last year.THAT IS PRESSURE.
12-04-2008, 10:19 PM
#142
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: Is it really that much better??
2 years ago most were does.Maybe 3 or 4 bucks.
This year,alot were bucks but oddly enough,most were 2 1/2.But there were still more does taken.
I really don't have the exact ratio in front of me.It is written down at camp though.
Remember,this is part of 1 farm.The other part is 300 acres and they killed about half that many.
This year,alot were bucks but oddly enough,most were 2 1/2.But there were still more does taken.
I really don't have the exact ratio in front of me.It is written down at camp though.
Remember,this is part of 1 farm.The other part is 300 acres and they killed about half that many.
12-04-2008, 10:46 PM
#145
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Is it really that much better??
ORIGINAL: TFOX
Sometimes but hunting camp is the best.
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
I should of said 500 acres Instead of 400. My bad! Lots of hunting pressure sucks!!
I should of said 500 acres Instead of 400. My bad! Lots of hunting pressure sucks!!
Sometimes but hunting camp is the best.
12-04-2008, 10:51 PM
#146
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: Is it really that much better??
Ours is in the garage(work building) of the person that overseas the hunting rights/lease or whatever.We have a few campers pulled up in his back yard.WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN.
Here is a pic from opening day of gun season last year.
Here is a pic from opening day of gun season last year.
12-05-2008, 05:12 AM
#148
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: Is it really that much better??
Anybody read the stats from Mr. Eberhart P & Y entries vs number of hunters
Wisconsin 506 249,644
Illinois 427 120,000
Iowa 227 47,100
Kansas 135 21,080
Michigan 70 310,000
The average score of the bucks from the other states are also 15 inches larger, because taking a P&Y qualifying buck in those states is just not a big deal.
You can not argue the math. For those who don't know Jeff and I had a little contest this year. I took 10 hunters from "non" location states, Jeff took ten hunters from "location" states. I lost, LOL but not by much.
Wisconsin 506 249,644
Illinois 427 120,000
Iowa 227 47,100
Kansas 135 21,080
Michigan 70 310,000
The average score of the bucks from the other states are also 15 inches larger, because taking a P&Y qualifying buck in those states is just not a big deal.
You can not argue the math. For those who don't know Jeff and I had a little contest this year. I took 10 hunters from "non" location states, Jeff took ten hunters from "location" states. I lost, LOL but not by much.
12-05-2008, 05:52 AM
#149
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Is it really that much better??
ORIGINAL: TFOX
I say none of you have a clue what hunting pressure is.The 400 hundred acres I hunt has already had 30 deer taken off it this year and there was 27 taken off it last year.THAT IS PRESSURE.
AND I still see P&Y deer from time to time.
BUT,I have to use the hunters to hunt the deer.I just don't get many shot oportunities.That is what made the 3 1/2 year old(I think) I shot this year really a big deal.(for me anyways)
The deer I hunt move during the day but they keep it in deep cover.Then later in the year,they become very hard to hunt because they bed next to the food,which is in the fields(they enter at night)This makes it really tough to get in on them.
I say none of you have a clue what hunting pressure is.The 400 hundred acres I hunt has already had 30 deer taken off it this year and there was 27 taken off it last year.THAT IS PRESSURE.
AND I still see P&Y deer from time to time.
BUT,I have to use the hunters to hunt the deer.I just don't get many shot oportunities.That is what made the 3 1/2 year old(I think) I shot this year really a big deal.(for me anyways)
The deer I hunt move during the day but they keep it in deep cover.Then later in the year,they become very hard to hunt because they bed next to the food,which is in the fields(they enter at night)This makes it really tough to get in on them.
12-05-2008, 05:57 AM
#150
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: Is it really that much better??
You can not argue the math. For those who don't know Jeff and I had a little contest this year. I took 10 hunters from "non" location states, Jeff took ten hunters from "location" states. I lost, LOL but not by much.
You lost by a LOT (if you'd play by the rules you agreed to). I think you'll end up losing by 500", at least.